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Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin appeared before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Homeland Security panel Tuesday and defended his threats to cripple international air travel into some …
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Ariana Figueroa / States Newsroom
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6/3/26
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging Washington state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
The case, Curtis v. Inslee, sought to challenge former …
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Andrew Rice | The Center Square
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6/2/26
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Vaccine hesitancy fed by misinformation is causing new surges of measles and whooping cough, while COVID-19 hotspots persist in some states and a new threat looms from an Ebola outbreak in central …
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By Tim Henderson / Stateline
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6/2/26
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There were fewer homeless people in the United States on a single night in January 2025 than in January 2024, but homelessness increased in 28 states, according to the latest federal count.
The …
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By Robbie Sequeira / Stateline
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6/2/26
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Budget constraints are forcing liberal-leaning states that spend their own money on healthcare for noncitizens to scale back that aid, as they grapple with federal Medicaid cuts and the expiration of …
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By Shalina Chatlani / Stateline
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5/24/26
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Last year, FIFA President Gianni Infantino likened this year’s World Cup to “104 Super Bowls.”
With the soccer tournament a month away, that’s feeling like a stretch.
In …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard
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5/13/26
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday extended a highly anticipated stay blocking an appellate court’s pause on telehealth abortion access until May 14.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s …
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By Sofia Resnick / Stateline
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5/12/26
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The federal student loan system is set to see a dramatic overhaul beginning this summer, and critics warn it likely will make loans more expensive and difficult to obtain for borrowers — driving …
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By Shauneen Miranda / Washington State Standard
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5/10/26
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From the Rockies to the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada, mountainsides across the West are sparsely covered by the snow that usually blankets the high country well into the summer.
That snowpack …
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By Alex Brown / Washington State Standard
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5/10/26
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Washington state Democrats are wrestling with whether to join the redistricting battles unfolding across the country.
There’s no immediate push to redraw the state’s congressional map. But …
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By Aspen Ford / Washington State Standard
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5/7/26
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Tory Starr is worried about the people who get medical care at Open Door Community Health Centers along California’s North Coast.
“They’re the folks that work at restaurants. They’re the …
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By Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News
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5/6/26
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Federal agencies say they have yet to take steps to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail, as the Department of Justice fights a Democrat-led lawsuit against …
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By Jonathan Shorman / States Newsroom
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5/5/26
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A new effort to force states to affirm the Trump administration’s views on DEI, transgender athletes and immigration when signing contracts with the U.S. Forest Service is threatening millions of …
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By Alex Brown / Stateline
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5/3/26
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The U.S. Central Command reported Saturday that three U.S. service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded during ongoing operations in the Middle East. In a statement released …
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Brandon Hansen / The Chronicle
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3/1/26
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U.S. forces have launched “major combat operations” on targets in Iran, President Donald Trump said in a video posted to social media at 2:30 a.m. Eastern Saturday.
Israeli Prime …
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Jacob Fischler and Jane Norman / Washington State Standard
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2/28/26
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